Yeah if you arent willing to pay them living wage you probably don't. I'm fine with paying little more than handling it myself. I think amazon Go style shops will get popular. These people probably can transition to different parts of service economy well.
Low skill call centers are total waste of human time, that's why most of it is outsourced. UX just can get improved instead.
>Yeah if you arent willing to pay them living wage you probably don't.
What if they are willing to work for less because it serves their purpose (like a foot in the door in the industry, or something else that you and I can't even think of). For example, we allow unpaid internships because we see the value of it. What about an internship that pays a little? Isn't that better for all?
The problem is you're taking choice away from people who may want it or need it. Why do you think you know better what's good for them than they do?
Yeah, foot in the door to work in McDonalds so you can what? Be manager one day and afford to have family?
Foot in the door as cleaning lady to be hired as secretary? Maybe.
Basically min wage should be defined as basic needs for individual. I don't think that many people will chose to go for lower than that for future personal gain.
If you're comfortable with democracy, why not also be comfortable with other people making their own employment choices, rather than assuming you know better or that they don't have a choice?
Because democracy is about society and not free will (it's about deciding what's better for majority) and yes, I do belive that limiting him that choice(not really him but his employer) is beneficial for society. It similar case to giving free access to alcohol, hard drugs, junk food etc. Someone has to pay this cost of nonoptimal choices.
EDIT: example: you don't provide living wage so some/more ppl will chose to steal. This might destroy their family, so social worker is needed, you also need more police, judges, prisons etc. All of them are employed, happily contributing to GDP. Success! Is it better world? I don't think so. It's much cheaper if with offering living wage. (as global optimisation, company owners and individuals do local optimisations)
Unpaid internships are gatekeeping at its finest: Poor folks can't do them. By expecting people to have someone to support them while they take a chance to get in the door, you are saying you don't want folks that don't have that or aren't rich enough to suffer through it.
Just because a few people are willing to work for less - or for free - to get in the door doesn't mean it is just to take advantage of them and pay them less than a living wage. Not everyone will be working x job for opportunity. Some folks need to eat. And yes, it is taking advantage of people - artists and musicians get offers to get paid in Exposure all the time. Which is really, "please work for free!".
The only real exception to this is, perhaps, when the work is actually part of schooling, and that should be limited. Teachers, doctors, and pharmacists come to mind, though we do treat the doctor interns quite horribly. (some pharmacist interns get a bit of pay).
You don't want cashiers, wait staff, grocery baggers or call center staff? All of these jobs are generally minimum wage.